Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
(Jason Sacks of Comics Bulletin recently offered to document how his fandom experiences helped him grow for his fellow fans in a series of blog posts. Thanks for guest posting Jason!)
It's weird, sometimes, how you don't notice how much you miss something till you have it back. And how once you have something back, how that items becomes a huge part of your life.
Let me explain what I mean, but first let me give you a bit of digression to give you some context on what I mean.
A friend of mine recently discussed the new Green Lantern trailer. Sure he was enthused about the movie, the effects, the scope, but he was also enthused about Ryan Reynolds. The enthusiasm my friend felt for Ryan Reynolds was an admixture; he felt Reynolds was both charming and looked great in his underwear. My friend is not the only person to comment on a level of sex appeal in the Green Lantern Trailer, leaving me to the conclusions that this is both intentional and that Mr. Reynolds is someone who will make more of us feel inadequate in our underwear in the years to come.
Time for another "Go Farther" – looking at things we want to see in the geekonomy and general fannish and cool stuff.
I've mentioned this several times in the podcast and in the daily posts, but it bears repeating: I think companies with manga and comic properties need to seriously consider releasing older titles and issues online or on print-on-demand.
There's
a lot of properties out there that would interest people for reasons of
history, curiosity, research, retro interests, etc. The problem isgauging interests of people to see if it's worth dropping the cash to do a hard-copy publication.
My solution? Twofold.